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After a house fire caused by a fire pot being used inside a Tasmanian bedroom this week, a fire-fighter says that some people are using unconventional heating methods because they can't afford to pay their power bills. The St Vincent de Paul Society says the cost of heating is one of the key financial ...

Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade wants the state coroner to investigate an apartment fire, despite no deaths or injuries from the blaze. The fire brigade says flammable cladding was a factor and such circumstances have rarely been seen before in Australia. Victorian officers are in the ...